[KS] British Association for Korean Studies

[Keith Howard]

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Association for Korean Studies



</bigger>November 1999 Colloquia and Film Night



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imes</param><bigger><bigger><bigger>BAKS
is pleased to announce THREE events, to which you are cordially
invited:


12 November 1999, 12.30-4.30

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<bold>NORTH KOREA TODAY


</bold></bigger>Venue: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles
Street, London


Speakers will include:  John McManus (North Asia and Pacific
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Aidan Foster-Carter
(Leeds University), C. Aaron (World Bank) =09


Lunch is included. There is no admission charge, but reservations MUST
be made in advance to:  Elaine Spencer, FCO, Tel: 0171 270 6901; Fax:
0171 270 6970


<bigger>12 November 1999, 6.00pm


</bigger></bigger>The British Association of Korean Studies, in
conjunction with the Anglo-Korean Society, presents a film:


<bigger><bigger>'<bold>CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST'

		Jin-Ho Hur (Director), 1998


</bold></bigger>Venue<bigger>: </bigger>School of Oriental and African
Studies, Russell Square  (Lecture Theatre)


</bigger>Introduced by Nemo Kim (SOAS)


There is no charge for admission, but a retiring collection will be
taken


A tragic love story, beautifully shot, but without the sentimentality
of many films in this genre. The film tells, through humour and pathos,
but above all through an undercurrent of everyday ordinariness, of the
love between a young traffic warden and a terminally ill photographer.



'Christmas in August' features Suk-Gyu Han and Eun-Ha Shim, currently
two of the most popular actors in Korea. It received rapturous reviews
when shown at the Cannes and Fukuoka festivasls, and won the
prestigious Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Film. It has also received
awards for Best New Director, Best Actress and, for the late Young-Ghil
You, Best Photography.

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<bigger><bigger>13 November 1999, 10.00 - 5.00


WORKSHOP:	<bold>'CONTEMPORARY KOREAN ARTS'


</bold></bigger>Venue: The British Library, Euston Road, London
(Conference Centre)



Cost: =A35, including coffee and a lunch reception hosted by Ambassador
Sung-hong Choi, Korean Ambassador to the UK. We need to know numbers,
so please let us know if you intend to attend.


</bigger>10.00:	Jane Portal (British Library):  Collecting Contemporary
Korean Art

10.40:	Hyang-jin Lee (University of Sheffield):  On Korean Film

11.20:	Coffee

11.40:	Rowan Pease (SOAS):  With Chinese characteristics: making pop
music for Koreans in China

12.05:	Roald Maliangkay (Leiden University):  Konjon Kayo: Korean
'Corrective' Pop Songs

12.30:	Keith Howard (SOAS):  CLON: Dance Music for Seoul

1.00:	Reception, Hosted by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea

	      including a performance by Korean musicians resident in Britain

2.15:	Suzanne Marston (Visiting Arts):  Increasing the visibility of
Korean arts in Britain

2.35:	Charlotte Horlyck (Victoria & Albert M.): Collecting Contemporary
Korean Arts at the V&A

2.55:	Keith Pratt (University of Durham): Modern Korean Paintings

	[followed by discussion]

3.30:	<bold>Annual General Meeting of the British Association for
Korean Studies

	      </bold>To include an election of officers of the Association


Any queries?  Contact Keith Howard at SOAS (Tel: 0171 3236188; Fax:
0171 6376182;
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Dr Keith Howard

Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies and Music

SOAS,Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square,=20

London WC1H 0XG, UK

T: 0171 323 6188;  F: 0171 637 6182; EMail: kh at soas.ac.uk



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